2-Day Tanzania Lodge Safari to Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara

You will be collected from your hotel in Moshi/Arusha and, after a short briefing, travel westwards to Lake Manyara, a small national park. The park, with its shallow alkaline lake, is known for its more than 400 bird species. Besides the primate-filled forests, known for the long-tailed Guenon monkeys, and the grassy plains that support both herbivorous and carnivorous wildlife, it is one of the best hot spots to explore.

Apart from elephants, you might also spot giraffes, hippos, wildebeests, and impalas, while the forests near the lake are teeming with noisy groups of monkeys and baboons. From the pop-up roof of the safari vehicle, you will be able to absorb the sights and sounds of nature. In the late afternoon, you will leave Lake Manyara National Park and head to Karatu, where you will spend the night at a selected lodge.

After breakfast, your safari continues to the Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This is the world's largest caldera, a feature formed by the collapse of land after a volcanic eruption. It is approximately 18 km in diameter and home to about 25,000 mammals.

In this relatively small area, you can find almost all the mammals of East Africa, ranging from Grant's and Thomson's gazelles to mountain reedbucks in the forests on the slopes. Hyenas and some 500 bird species can be spotted in the area. It is also possible to spot the